.NET - .NET Programming Concepts

int a = 29;
a--;
a -= ++a;
Console.WriteLine("The value of a is: {0}", a);

/* The output of the code is -1. */

When a value type is converted to an object type, the process is known as boxing; whereas, when an object type is converted to a value type, the process is known as unboxing.

Boxing and unboxing enable value types to be treated as objects. Boxing a value type packages it inside an instance of the Object reference type. This allows the value type to be stored on the garbage collected heap. Unboxing extracts the value type from the object. In this example, the integer variable i is boxed and assigned to object obj.

Example:

int i = 123;
object obj = i; /* Thi line boxes i. */ 

/* The object obj can then be unboxed and assigned to integer variable i: */
i = (int)obj; // unboxing 

The syntax of using the for loop in C# code is given as follows:

for(initializer; condition; loop expression)
{
 //statements
}

In the preceding syntax, initializer is the initial value of the variable, condition is the expression that is checked before the execution of the for loop, and loop expression either increments or decrements the loop counter.

The example of using the for loop in C# is shown in the following code snippet:

for(int i = 0; i < 5; i++)
 Console.WriteLine("Hello");

In the preceding code snippet, the word Hello will be displayed for five times in the output window.